TH Thursday Seminar

Semiclassical methods for the description of tunnelling in high-energy collisions

Name: Semiclassical methods for the description of tunnelling in high-energy collisions
Start: 2002-10-24T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2002-10-24T15:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Claudio REBBI (Boston University)

Thursday 24 Oct 2002, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Description

I will describe a semiclassical technique for calculating the suppression factor in high-energy processes that occur through tunnelling and are characterized by weak coupling and low particle number in the initial state. I will illustrate the computational challenges that one encounters, how they can be overcome, and some results which have been obtained, with particular attention to the problem of baryon number violation in electroweak collisions.